Today, this section Word of the Day, has a double aim. On the one hand, it is 
going to help my students see the difference between these two verbs “remember ” and “remind” and on the other hand, it is going to serve as an excuse for showing you a little tool to help you remember things.
Some of my students have problems seeing the difference between these two verbs, so here’s a written explanation and a short video explaining this difference. I recommend you to see the video first as it’ll definitely serve a double purpose, that of helping you improve your listening ability and at the same time solving your doubts regarding these two common verbs.
- If you remind somebody about something, you make them remember it. It is a transitive verb, i.e. it always has an object which may be followed by to + infinitive or a that-clause.
Remind me to set homework at the end of the lesson.
Cristina reminded us that the exam had been brought forward to Tuesday
When you say that someone or something reminds you of sth/so. you associate it with a memory from your past.
This boy reminds me of a boyfriend I had when I was at university .
- If you remember, you have an image in your mind of a person, place or thing that happened in the past.It is very often used with a to+infinitive
I’ll always remember the first time I saw him
Remember to buy bread on your way home
In summary:
People ARE REMINDED of things. (it doesn’t appear in their head)
People REMEMBER things. (it does appear in their head)
REMEMBER = Person doing it themselves
REMIND = Other person making someone else remember
Click to do some EXERCISES . Link 1, Link 2
What is a good way to remind people of things that need to be 
done without seeming like a nag? Is there a way to politely remind people to do things? Yes, there is: it’s called RemindPost and it is a simple, free service to let you send reminders to people or to yourself and be notified when they’re done.
It works like this: You email someone a task. If they don’t mark it complete by the time you specify, both of you will be notified.
Hope you find it useful!
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